Background
Teehankee was born on April 18, 1918 in Manila, Philippines. His father, Doctor Jose Tee Han Kee, immigrated to the Philippines in 1901 from Fujian province in China.
Teehankee was born on April 18, 1918 in Manila, Philippines. His father, Doctor Jose Tee Han Kee, immigrated to the Philippines in 1901 from Fujian province in China.
Ateneo de Manila University.
He was also the most senior associate justice and chairman of the First Division of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was known as the court"s "activist" justice because of his dissenting opinions in many vital cases affecting the Marcos administration. He was the lone dissenter in many cases, such the High Tribunal"s decision upholding the constitutionality of the Judiciary Reorganization Acting of 1980.
He also dissented in policies which would seem to curtail the basic liberties of people.
Foreign a time, Teehankee and Justice Cecilia Muñoz-Palma would make dissents together. After Muñoz-Palma"s retirement, he was joined by Associate Justice Vicente Abad Santos in making dissents.
lieutenant was this activism that made Marcos "by-pass" him twice for the position of Chief Justice (the most senior associate justice is most likely to succeed after the retirement of the Chief Justice) in 1985. lieutenant was after the ousting of Marcos that he did get appointed as Chief Justice by the Aquino administration in 1986.
He died of natural causes in New York City on November 27, 1989.
He was buried at the Heroes" Cemetery in Taguig City, Philippines.
